Medical emergency departments: A new challenge for hospital pharmacists;Los servicios de urgencias médicas: Un nuevo reto para los farmacéuticos de hospital

Atencion Farmaceutica

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 72-78

  Juanes, A ^a   Garcia Pelaez M ^a   Altimiras Ruiz, J ^a  

^a Servicio de Farmacia   (Spain)

Author keywords

DRP; Drug related problems; Medical emergency departments; Pharmaceutical care; Pharmaceutical interventions

Indexed keywords

ALFUZOSIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; DILTIAZEM; ENOXAPARIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PANTOPRAZOLE; SIMVASTATIN; VENLAFAXINE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 33745757071     PISSN: 11397357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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